<s>
Space	B-Application
Cavern	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1982	O
fixed	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Games	O
by	O
Apollo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Games	O
by	O
Apollo	O
founder	O
Pat	O
Roper	O
was	O
impressed	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
Demon	B-Application
Attack	I-Application
and	O
tasked	O
Apollo	O
member	O
Dan	O
Oliver	O
with	O
making	O
a	O
game	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Space	B-Application
Cavern	I-Application
,	O
players	O
control	O
the	O
commander	O
of	O
an	O
intergalactic	O
spaceship	O
that	O
is	O
traveling	O
through	O
a	O
previously	O
unknown	O
area	O
in	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
twenty-four	O
gameplay	O
variations	O
included	O
in	O
Space	B-Application
Cavern	I-Application
;	O
all	O
are	O
playable	O
by	O
one	O
or	O
two	O
players	O
and	O
activated	O
by	O
modifying	O
the	O
2600	O
's	O
difficulty	O
switches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Company	O
founder	O
Pat	O
Roper	O
had	O
flown	O
programmer	O
Ed	O
Salvo	O
to	O
a	O
Consumer	O
Electronics	O
Show	O
to	O
show	O
him	O
the	O
Imagic	O
video	O
game	O
Demon	B-Application
Attack	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Cavern	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
publisher	O
Panda	O
rereleased	O
an	O
identical	O
version	O
of	O
Space	B-Application
Cavern	I-Application
under	O
the	O
name	O
Space	B-Application
Canyon	I-Application
the	O
following	O
year	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
port	O
was	O
started	O
but	O
not	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Games	O
by	O
Apollo	O
faced	O
growing	O
pressure	O
from	O
Benton	O
&	O
Bowles	O
to	O
repay	O
its	O
debts	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
after	O
Space	B-Application
Cavern	I-Application
release	O
,	O
on	O
November	O
12	O
,	O
1982	O
,	O
Games	O
by	O
Apollo	O
filed	O
for	O
Chapter	O
11	O
bankruptcy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arcade	O
Express	O
magazine	O
was	O
positive	O
about	O
Space	B-Application
Cavern	I-Application
,	O
praising	O
the	O
graphics	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
death	O
,	O
while	O
criticizing	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
enemies	O
,	O
and	O
concluding	O
by	O
opining	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
more	O
suited	O
to	O
skilled	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
review	O
for	O
Video	O
magazine	O
,	O
Bill	O
Kunkel	O
and	O
Arnie	O
Katz	O
did	O
not	O
agree	O
whether	O
Space	B-Application
Cavern	I-Application
control	O
scheme	O
was	O
unnaturally	O
"	O
cumbersome	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
an	O
exciting	O
departure	O
from	O
the	O
expected	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Videogaming	O
Illustrated	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
positively	O
to	O
Phoenix	B-Application
,	O
and	O
believed	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
arguably	O
the	O
best	O
space	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Cavern	I-Application
was	O
an	O
honorable	O
mention	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
Best	O
Action	O
Video	O
Game	O
"	O
category	O
at	O
the	O
1983	O
Arkie	O
Awards	O
.	O
</s>
